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Fred DeMatteis School of Engineering and Applied Science presents
BEYOND TECHNICAL SKILLS: CULTIVATING BUILDERS AS ENTREPRENEURS

The role of engineers and computer scientists is evolving beyond traditional technical problem-solving toward creating value in uncertain, fast-changing environments. As innovation cycles accelerate and interdisciplinary collaboration becomes essential, engineers are increasingly expected to think like entrepreneurs 鈥� identifying opportunities, assessing risk, and translating ideas into real-world impact. The rapid emergence of generative AI is intensifying this shift, reconfiguring not just what technologists build, but how they work and collaborate.

This session will explore how technical education can foster an entrepreneurial mindset alongside professional competence. It will highlight the importance of creativity, resilience, customer discovery, and iterative design, as well as exposure to innovation ecosystems including startups, industry partnerships, and national laboratories.

The discussion will also address how universities can integrate experiential learning opportunities 鈥� such as project-based courses, innovation challenges, and venture development programs 鈥� to bridge the gap between a technical education and real-world problem solving. Central to this is preparing students not merely to use intelligent tools, but to exercise critical judgment, collaborate effectively with AI systems, and shape how those systems are applied.

鈥淐areer readiness鈥� in computer science and engineering is no longer defined solely by technical expertise, but by the ability to navigate ambiguity, recognize opportunities, and drive innovation from concept to implementation.

Panelist will include faculty from the DeMatteis School and Industry Partners.

Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library presents
THE FUTURE OF WORK: LITERACY AND THE VALUE OF EDUCATION

鈥溾��our labour preserves us from three great evils鈥攚eariness, vice, and want.鈥� Voltaire, Candide, 1759

This quote from Voltaire鈥檚 novella Candide offers one perspective on the meaning of work that goes beyond the transactional. How does being a literate person inform our daily lives? How does literacy enrich our work lives? How does literacy deepen us so we are spared boredom and heighten us so we circumvent vice? What are the virtues of being educated? What are the intellectual competencies that can protect us materially against need?

According to the World Economic Forum 2025 Future of Jobs Report, 鈥淎nalytical thinking remains the most sought-after core skill among employers, with seven out of 10 companies considering it as essential in 2025. This is followed by resilience, flexibility and agility, along with leadership and social influence鈥� (p. 35). The report goes on to reflect AI as having a Low or Very Low capacity to replace these skills:

• Analytical thinking
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• Resilience, flexibility and agility
• Teaching, mentoring, and coaching
• Creative thinking
• Environmental stewardship
• Empathy and active listening

Along with these 鈥渉uman-centric skills鈥� it further cites curiosity and lifelong learning (p.6) as vital characteristics, stating all are considered critical now by employers and projected as being even more important by 2030 (p. 40).

Workers in the future will be impacted by many factors 鈥� Artificial Intelligence, robotics, automation, demographic shifts, global economic uncertainty. This panel, facilitated by the Director of the Labor Studies Program and professor of Writing and Rhetoric, Dr. Mary Anne Trasciatti will engage faculty from various disciplines in a robust conversation on the various disciplinary literacies that prepare students to become lifelong learners. What is to be a literate person from a range of perspectives 鈥� philosophy, economics, literature, education, political science, history 鈥� will be with all of these literacies supported by the ACRL information literacy framework (https://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/ilframework). Another important component of the conversation is framed by a quote from the Christensen Institute (https://www.christenseninstitute.org/) which does research on education applying 鈥渄isruption theory to education, arguing that traditional higher education鈥檚 broken business model offers poor ROI due to high costs and low value for many students.鈥� Within this context, this panel will explore the additional questions of what the ROI is on a secondary education and will there be a need for a universal basic income.

Citation: World Economic Forum. (2025, January 7). The Future of Jobs Report 2025. World Economic Forum.

DR. SUSAN POSER
President
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John Cranford Adams Playhouse
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STUDENT PANEL:
NAVIGATING AN UNWRITTEN FUTURE: STUDENT VOICES ON CAREERS AND CHANGE

The future of work is being shaped in real time. Artificial intelligence, technological innovation, demographic shifts, and evolving definitions of success are transforming not only the jobs of tomorrow, but also the skills, values, and leadership they will require. As these changes accelerate, an important question emerges:听Who owns the future of work?

This Presidential Symposium panel invites members of the Rabinowitz Honors College to take center stage in a conversation that affects us all. Representing a range of academic disciplines, panelists will share how they are preparing for careers in a world where adaptability, creativity, and lifelong learning are becoming as important as technical expertise. They will reflect on the opportunities and uncertainties created by artificial intelligence, discuss how they are developing skills that transcend any single profession, and explore how purpose, well-being, and social impact are influencing their career aspirations.

Rather than asking experts to predict what comes next, this session asks those who will inherit and ultimately shape the future of work to share their perspectives. Faculty, staff, employers, alumni, and students alike will gain valuable insight into how the next generation is thinking about leadership, innovation, and the changing nature of careers.

At a moment when higher education is reimagining its role in preparing students for lives of purpose and professional success, this conversation offers an opportunity to reflect on a broader question:听If the future of work belongs to all of us, how can universities empower students not simply to adapt to change, but to lead it?

Panelists:

• Devin Peters (Computer Science, Class of 2027)
• Alyssa Inserra (PA Program, Class of 2027)
• Julia Fielding (Communication, Class of 2027)
• Ritika Patel (Neuroscience, Class of 2027)
• Garfield Hardeman (Business Analytics, Class of 2027)

Moderator: Tomeka M. Robinson,听Senior Associate Dean, Rabinowitz Honors College听and Professor of Rhetoric & Public Advocacy听

School of Education presents
EDUCATING THE EDUCATORS: HOW AI IS RESHAPING LEARNING AND THE TEACHING PROFESSION

Artificial intelligence is not just changing the industries students will enter鈥攊t is fundamentally altering how teaching and learning happen across every level of education. The School of Education in partnership with the Center for Excellence in Learning, Teaching, and Assessment brings together a diverse panel of stakeholders including School of Education faculty and students, a local school district leader, an SOE Alumni, and Advisory Board member to examine how AI is reshaping the teaching profession itself, from the classroom to the curriculum to the career pipeline. Panelists will explore how teacher preparation programs are rethinking pedagogy and professional competencies in light of generative AI, how K-12 educators are grappling with AI鈥檚 impact on student learning and assessment in real time, and what these frontline experiences reveal about the skills future educators will need. The conversation will center a question with broad implications for the symposium鈥檚 theme: if AI is redefining what it means to teach and learn, how must universities rethink how they prepare the professionals responsible for both and what does this mean for the future of work in education writ large?

Panelists:

• Roberto Joseph, Professor & Chair-Department of Teaching, Learning, and Technology
• Neha Sobti, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership & Policy-Department of Specialized Programs in Education
• Mitch Kase, Executive Director-Center for Learning, Teaching, & Assessment
• Alumni/School District Leader (TBD; Hempstead, Uniondale, Freeport, or Roosevelt)
• Student/Teacher Candidate (TBD)

Moderator: Ayana Allen-Handy, Dean, School of Education

吃瓜官网 Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies presents
PRIORITIZING CLINICIAN-PATIENT INTERACTION WITH AI ASSISTANCE

Technological advances have ushered in waves of innovation in clinical practice frequently resulting in improved patient outcomes. Recently, with the adaptation of AI tools, and new Electronic Health Records, there is an emerging emphasis on the ways in which new technology can offer pathways for clinicians to have more time to dedicate to their patients. Implications for this broad impact span beyond large health systems and can provide a sustained positive impact in community-based centers of care. The 吃瓜官网 Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies is a local leader in the education of nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and cardiovascular perfusionists. This event will showcase how our faculty, faculty colleagues across campus, and industry partners assess the current and future impact of the growing use of technology to prioritize clinician-patient interactions. All members of the 吃瓜官网, Northwell, and local community are welcome to attend.

Moderated by Robert Gluck, MD Associate Professor of Nursing and Kareem Nugdalla, DNP Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing

The Lawrence Herbert School of Communication presents
PUBLIC RELATIONS AND THE FUTURE OF WORK: SKILLS, STRATEGY, AND ETHICS IN THE AGE OF CONTENT CREATION

As public relations continues to evolve, communicators are expected to be storytellers, content creators and strategic advisors. This panel explores the skills needed to succeed in today鈥檚 media landscape, from multimedia content and platform strategy to the ethical and legal considerations surrounding brand-produced content.

Panelists:

• Jeffrey S. Morosoff, Associate Professor and 听Associate Chair, Department of Journalism, Media Studies, and Public Relations
• Daniel Rosen, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Journalism, Media Studies, and Public Relations
• Macollvie J. Neel, Communications and Branding consultant, COMMS Maven LLC./Special Projects Editor, The Haitian Times

Moderator: Vania Andr茅, Assistant Professor of Journalism, Media Studies and Public Relations

吃瓜官网 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 鈥� School of Humanities, Fine and Performing Arts
THE FUTURE OF WORK IS FEMALE

Women workers are 鈥� and will continue to be 鈥� a mainstay of societies in the 21^st century, even as the work they do is often marginalized and undervalued. In this panel, scholars from a variety of disciplines explore the future of work as it concerns women in the U.S. and globally. Among the topics panelists consider are the transition from manufacturing to service work in the US and its implications for women in the global economy, the essential and typically uncompensated nature of care work performed by women on and off the job, the need to broaden participation and reduce discrimination in STEAM careers, and feminist efforts to redefine what counts as work and whose work is valued.

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Mary Anne Trasciatti, Labor Studies/Writing Studies and Rhetoric 鈥� From the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York to a Nike factory in Indonesia: Historical memory as inspiration for organizing among women workers today.

Genie Giaimo, Writing Studies and Rhetoric 鈥� Uncompensated care, non-promotable tasks, and the stories women tell about these experiences.

E. Christa Farmer, Geology, Environment, and Sustainability 鈥� Discrimination in STEAM careers and the need to broaden participation to maximize success.

Maria Pepa Anastasio, Romance Languages and Literatures/Women鈥檚 Studies 鈥� The future of work through the lens of Ver贸nica Gago鈥檚 Feminist International: How to Change Everything (Verso, 2020): confronting precarity and building new forms of solidarity in Latin America and beyond.听

School of Health Sciences presents
POWERING THE FUTURE OF WORK IN HEALTHCARE THROUGH CO-OP LEARNING听

As the nature of work continues to evolve, driven by technological change, shifting care models, and new expectations for workforce readiness, higher education must rethink how it prepares students for careers that are constantly in flux.听

This session explores cooperative experiential learning as a high-impact strategy for bridging the gap between classroom knowledge and real-world practice in health care.听

Centered on 吃瓜官网鈥檚 innovative Health Works Co-op, this panel will highlight how immersive, paid, full-time placements enable students to apply academic learning in clinical, community, and administrative settings while building critical skills in adaptability, communication, and professional identity formation. Based upon learned experiences from the Heath Works program, faculty and industry partners will share insights on designing meaningful co-op experiences, fostering university-community collaborations, and preparing students to thrive in a dynamic, interdisciplinary health workforce.

Through a moderated discussion, panelists will examine how cooperative models can advance equity, strengthen career readiness, and redefine experiential learning as a core component of future-focused health professions education. Attendees will leave with practical strategies for integrating co-op structures into curricula and cultivating partnerships that align education with the rapidly changing demands of the health care sector.

Panelists:

• Stuart Almer, CEO, Gurwin Healthcare System
• Vanessa Baird-Streeter, CEO, Health and Welfare Council of Long Island
• Sherly Demonsthenes, CEO, CABS Health Network
• Michael Goldberg, Entrepreneur, Healthcare Leadership Consultant
• Jeffery Kraut, Senior Executive Advisor for Health Policy and Governance, Northwell Health

Co-Moderators: 听Edward Coffield Program Director and Associate Professor of Health Professions and

听Corinne Kyriacou, Vice Dean, School of Health Sciences